Digital Preservation Coalition - established in 2001 to foster joint action to address the urgent challenges of securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK and to work with others internationally to secure our global digital memory and knowledge base

Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) - Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), common framework of terms and concepts for use in developing a broader consensus on what is required for an archive to provide permanent, or indefinite long-term, preservation of digital information